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Sponsor proposes limited doctoral authority for regional universities; committee questions oversight and program capacity
Summary
Representative Paul Evans presented House Bill 2,715 on March 6, proposing that Oregon’s regional public universities be allowed to offer a limited number of research doctoral programs if they have appropriate accreditation and capacity.
Representative Paul Evans presented House Bill 2,715 on March 6, proposing that Oregon’s regional public universities be allowed to offer a limited number of research doctoral programs if they have appropriate accreditation and capacity.
Evans said the measure is intended as a compromise to allow regional institutions to pursue doctoral programs in areas of comparative strength — he cited deaf studies at Western Oregon University as an example — while preserving the state’s larger research universities’ role…
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